The Ashinaga Africa Initiative supports orphaned students who are committed to returning home and initiating change, by providing access to full financial support to study at a university abroad (equivalent to an undergraduate degree). Ashinaga support covers tuition, accommodation, travel costs, and other necessary fees. Applications for the Ashinaga Africa Initiative are open.
Requirements
Applicants must:
· Have lost one or both parents.
· Have completed secondary school and received the results of their national secondary school examinations (technical and vocational degrees not accepted) within the last two years (any date after 1st August 2021, including all of 2022 and 2023) or will have completed secondary school and received final exam results before February 9th, 2024.
· Be born after 1st September 2001.
· Not have the means to attend university abroad without external financial support.
· Be proficient in English, French or Portuguese.
· Be regularly ranked in the top 10% of their class during their last 2 or 3 years of secondary school.
· Be able to participate in the two Ashinaga preparatory programs, over the course of one year, before attending university.
· Be committed to return home, or to Sub-Saharan Africa, and contribute to society in Sub-Saharan Africa after graduating from university.
· Have no dependents who could interfere with academic progress.
· Have a good enough health condition to be able to study abroad.
Required documents
This is a list of the documents you will need to submit as part of your application:
Applicant Registration
· Photo or scan of at least one of the following documents; Passport, National ID Card or Birth Certificate
· Photo or scan of your most recent High School Term Report/Transcript
· Photo or scan of your final High School Examination Results Certificate (if applicable)**
· **For students receiving their examination results in February 2024, we will ask you to send your examination certificate as soon as possible after you have received it.
Full Application
· Passport style photograph
· Passport or National ID Card
· Birth certificate of the applicant.
· Death certificate of deceased parent(s), including the deceased parent’s name, or alternative official documentation proving death of parent(s) or orphan status.
· All term reports / secondary school transcripts from the last 2 years.
· Final secondary school examination certificate, showing grades in each subject
· A letter of recommendation from a principal or schoolteacher. This should be inclusive of their email address, and phone number and must contain information about your performance and character whilst at secondary school. All recommendation letters should contain an official signature or stamp.
· Academic transcripts or other results from the university (if applicable).
· Certificates for extracurricular activities, training courses, jobs or other commitments (if applicable).
Eligible countries
Applicants must have citizenship and have completed/are completing high school in one of the following countries:
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, CAR,
Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, DRC, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Conakry, Kenya, Kingdom of eSwatini, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Seychelles, Sudan, Tanzania, The Gambia, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Application procedure
Applications can be made online, via email or post. Kindly visit the official page for more information.
